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Uprising in Tibet – 2008

Monks from Drepung Monastery on a peaceful protest march towards Barkhor Street to mark the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese invasion, Lhasa, 10 March 2008

Chinese armed police blocked the protesting monks of Drepung Monastery by surrounding them on both sides of the road and blocked all road accesses to Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, 10 March 2008

Spontaneous protest also broke out in several other locations around the city, including the Barkhor area and “TAR” Government Headquarter Road. Hundreds of protesting Tibetans ran through the streets waving traditional white scarves in their hands, shouting “Free Tibet” and “The Dalai Lama should return to Tibet”, Lhasa, 14th March 2008

Tibetans in Machu County protest against China March 17 2008

Over 100 Tibetan students at Central University for Nationalities, Beijing held a candlelight vigil for Tibetans who died under China’s brutal crackdown, 17 March 2008

Official Chinese source claim that 170 Tibetans in Lhasa voluntarily surrendered on 18th of March, but credible sources report that Chinese security forces raided Tibetan homes and arrested people without due legal process. Those arrested were later paraded in front of the state media and detained in prison

Several hundred armored personnel carriers and tanks were seen shooting live ammunition into the protesting crowd and firing tear gas. The Chinese security and armed forces cordoned off the streets and around 1:30 pm, curfew was imposed on the entire city, Lhasa, 14th March 2008

More than 30 monks at Jokhang temple, burst into a protest in front of visiting foreign reporters and cried out that ‘there is no religious freedom in Tibet’ and ‘that the Dalia Lama is not to blame for the demonstrations’. They also told the reporters that the people visiting the temple are government officials posing as pilgrims and that the whole visit has been staged by the Chinese government, Lhasa, 27 March 2008

Monks of Minthang Monastery and lay Tibetan in Chigdril County, Golog “TAP”, Qinghai Province, staged a major peaceful protest, 17 March 2008

A large number of paramilitary forces were deployed in Lhasa and neighbouring areas to suppress the peaceful protests by Tibetans. All the roads leading in and out of Lhasa were cordoned off and paramilitary forces patrolled the streets, 14th March 2008

Tibetan students from the Tibetan Studies Department, Northwestren Nationalities University, Lanzhou City, Gansu province, staged a protest within the campus ground, their banner reads “ Tibetan people united in happy and bad times” and called for the end to Chinese Government,s violent crackdown on peaceful Tibetan demonstrators in all parts of Tibet, 16 March 2008

Tibetans from Holkha Township, Tsegor Thang County, Tsolho “TAP”, Qinghai Province held a massive protest march at the main market, carrying a banner in Tibetan that reads “ Peace, Democracy and Solidarity with prayers for the martyrs” and in Chinese “End to the Brutal Crackdown”, 25 March 2008

A photograph taken in late july 2008 showing numerous police trucks and supposedly used for the extra officers brought in to contain the protests in Karze township. Karze township witnessed a continuous peaceful protest against Chinese rule since march 2008